Evenly matched teams: Chester vs Kidderminster Harriers match preview

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Competition: England Vanarama National League North
Competition: Fri 15.April
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Lookers Vauxhall Stadium (5376 seats)

A swift glance at the Vanarama National League North standings hint of an advantage to Kidderminster Harriers when they come to Chester. However; let's play the match before select a winner!

Insights:
  • Chester have the fewest clean sheets (5) in Vanarama National League North
  • Kidderminster Harriers have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.

Both sides have had plentiful rest since their last exertion in an official match. Let's aim for an active match!

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Chester form and stats

When playing at home in the Vanarama National League North, Chester, who have the fewest clean sheets (5) in Vanarama National League North, have managed 7 wins, 5 draws and suffered 5 defeats from 17 games.

No payout for Chester in their previous match, an away game at Gateshead that ended in defeat 3-4. A goal frenzy last time out for Chester, with a total of 7 goals in the match against Gateshead. Fun stuff to watch! Weeks has beaten the opponent goalkeeper in four matches in a row. Skilful!

A strong away win before that one, visiting Guiseley and winning 2-0.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Chester as they are travelling to their away game against Fylde in the Vanarama National League North. That match is three days after this one.

Chester can score goals in their home matches. After 17 league matches they have found the net 36 times. Chester's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 24 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Kidderminster Harriers form and stats

7 wins, 6 draws and 5 losses. That’s the product of Kidderminster Harriers playing as the away team in the Vanarama National League North this season.

Kidderminster go into this game after a win, the home game against Southport that ended 6-0. As you can tell from the results above, Kidderminster Harriers was very dominant against Southport, winning the match with a scoreline that even the finest fortune teller couldn't predict. 6-0 (!) with Freemantle, Hemmings (2), Sterling-James, Moyo and Morgan-Smith providing the goals.

A loss against Alfreton Town was the result prior to that, in a home game.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Kettering Town in just three days.

The visiting Kidderminster Harriers have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 19 goals from 18 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

This was the scoreline when the squads faced each other earlier this season; Kidderminster Harriers - Chester 3-1. Head-to-head totals (for the previous ten meetings): Chester won five games, two matches ended with a draw and Kidderminster Harriers managed three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: seven / three

Top Goalscorers

Kidderminster HarriersA. Hemmings
A. Hemmings
13 goals
Kidderminster HarriersS. Austin
S. Austin
11 goals
Kidderminster HarriersA. Morgan-Smith
A. Morgan-Smith
9 goals

Chester missing players

Kidderminster Harriers missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Chester Kidderminster Harriers
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
35 17 5 Played P 5 18 36
10 7 1 Won W 2 7 19
8 5 3 Drew D 2 6 8
17 5 1 Lost L 1 5 9
62 36 9 Scored S 5 19 65
65 24 6 Conceded C 3 18 30
97% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 60% 83% 89%
86% 94% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 40% 61% 72%
71% 71% 60% Over 2.5 O 2.5 40% 39% 56%
57% 53% 40% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 17% 28%
31% 29% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 6% 14%
63% 65% 80% BTTS BTTS 40% 50% 42%
14% 18% 20% Clean Sheets C S 60% 33% 42%
26% 18% 0% Failed to Score F T 40% 33% 28%
 
5.1 5.8 6 Corners for (avg) C F 4.6 4.8 5.2
5.9 5.8 4.2 Corners against (avg) C A 5.4 5.2 4.5
1.4 1.4 1.6 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.2 1.2 1.1
4 2 0 Red cards R C 2 3 3
 
10.2 9.5 9.4 Shots (avg) S ( 10.2 9.9 11.3
4.7 4.8 4.4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.6 4.1 5.4
38% 44% 41% Goal Efficiency G E 22% 26% 34%
 
10.4 8.6 7 Shots against (avg) S A 7 10.6 7.9
4.5 3.1 2.6 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.4 3.9 3.1
Key stats in Vanarama National League North this season:
  • Chester have the fewest clean sheets (5) in Vanarama National League North
  • Chester have the fewest matches under the total-line (5) in Vanarama National League North
  • Chester haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Kidderminster Harriers have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Brackley Town 36 24 9 3 49 19 18 15 2 1 23 7 18 9 7 2 26 12 30 81
2 Gateshead 36 25 5 6 81 40 18 15 1 2 44 15 18 10 4 4 37 25 41 80
3 Fylde 36 21 6 9 60 33 18 12 2 4 32 17 18 9 4 5 28 16 27 69
4 Kidderminster Harriers 36 19 8 9 65 30 18 12 2 4 46 12 18 7 6 5 19 18 35 65
5 Chorley 36 16 12 8 57 41 18 11 4 3 40 21 18 5 8 5 17 20 16 60
6 York City 35 15 7 13 50 44 18 9 3 6 28 18 17 6 4 7 22 26 6 52
7 Boston United 36 15 7 14 55 51 18 9 4 5 35 23 18 6 3 9 20 28 4 52
8 Darlington 36 14 9 13 54 48 18 9 3 6 28 19 18 5 6 7 26 29 6 51
9 Southport 36 13 12 11 52 48 18 8 8 2 33 18 18 5 4 9 19 30 4 51
10 Kettering Town 36 14 9 13 50 46 18 7 6 5 27 20 18 7 3 8 23 26 4 51
11 Spennymoor Town 36 14 8 14 48 48 18 7 6 5 26 21 18 7 2 9 22 27 0 50
12 Hereford 36 13 9 14 44 44 18 8 4 6 22 19 18 5 5 8 22 25 0 48
13 Alfreton Town 35 12 9 14 45 53 17 4 8 5 21 23 18 8 1 9 24 30 -8 45
14 Curzon Ashton 35 11 11 13 42 53 18 6 6 6 21 24 17 5 5 7 21 29 -11 44
15 Bradford Park Avenue 36 11 9 16 43 56 18 7 4 7 26 27 18 4 5 9 17 29 -13 42
16 Leamington 37 10 11 16 34 43 18 9 4 5 22 18 19 1 7 11 12 25 -9 41
17 Gloucester City 36 9 12 15 41 54 18 5 7 6 24 21 18 4 5 9 17 33 -13 39
18 Chester 35 10 8 17 62 65 17 7 5 5 36 24 18 3 3 12 26 41 -3 38
19 AFC Telford United 37 7 13 17 45 60 19 7 5 7 29 23 18 0 8 10 16 37 -15 34
20 Farsley Celtic 36 8 9 19 33 70 18 6 6 6 21 30 18 2 3 13 12 40 -37 33
21 Blyth Spartans 36 9 5 22 34 69 18 6 2 10 19 28 18 3 3 12 15 41 -35 32
22 Guiseley 36 8 6 22 27 56 18 5 5 8 15 25 18 3 1 14 12 31 -29 30

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Brackley Town 36 24 9 3 49 19 18 15 2 1 23 7 18 9 7 2 26 12 30 81
2 Gateshead 36 25 5 6 81 40 18 15 1 2 44 15 18 10 4 4 37 25 41 80
3 Fylde 36 21 6 9 60 33 18 12 2 4 32 17 18 9 4 5 28 16 27 69
4 Kidderminster Harriers 36 19 8 9 65 30 18 12 2 4 46 12 18 7 6 5 19 18 35 65
5 Chorley 36 16 12 8 57 41 18 11 4 3 40 21 18 5 8 5 17 20 16 60
6 York City 35 15 7 13 50 44 18 9 3 6 28 18 17 6 4 7 22 26 6 52
7 Boston United 36 15 7 14 55 51 18 9 4 5 35 23 18 6 3 9 20 28 4 52
8 Darlington 36 14 9 13 54 48 18 9 3 6 28 19 18 5 6 7 26 29 6 51
9 Southport 36 13 12 11 52 48 18 8 8 2 33 18 18 5 4 9 19 30 4 51
10 Kettering Town 36 14 9 13 50 46 18 7 6 5 27 20 18 7 3 8 23 26 4 51
11 Spennymoor Town 36 14 8 14 48 48 18 7 6 5 26 21 18 7 2 9 22 27 0 50
12 Hereford 36 13 9 14 44 44 18 8 4 6 22 19 18 5 5 8 22 25 0 48
13 Alfreton Town 35 12 9 14 45 53 17 4 8 5 21 23 18 8 1 9 24 30 -8 45
14 Curzon Ashton 35 11 11 13 42 53 18 6 6 6 21 24 17 5 5 7 21 29 -11 44
15 Bradford Park Avenue 36 11 9 16 43 56 18 7 4 7 26 27 18 4 5 9 17 29 -13 42
16 Leamington 37 10 11 16 34 43 18 9 4 5 22 18 19 1 7 11 12 25 -9 41
17 Gloucester City 36 9 12 15 41 54 18 5 7 6 24 21 18 4 5 9 17 33 -13 39
18 Chester 35 10 8 17 62 65 17 7 5 5 36 24 18 3 3 12 26 41 -3 38
19 AFC Telford United 37 7 13 17 45 60 19 7 5 7 29 23 18 0 8 10 16 37 -15 34
20 Farsley Celtic 36 8 9 19 33 70 18 6 6 6 21 30 18 2 3 13 12 40 -37 33
21 Blyth Spartans 36 9 5 22 34 69 18 6 2 10 19 28 18 3 3 12 15 41 -35 32
22 Guiseley 36 8 6 22 27 56 18 5 5 8 15 25 18 3 1 14 12 31 -29 30

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The National League North, formerly known as Conference North, is the sixth highest division in English football. It contains teams located in Northern England, Norfolk, the English Midlands and North Wales. The league table has 22 teams playing two fixtures against each other (home and away).